Shideh Dashti
Associate Professor • Associate Chair for Administration
Geotechnical Engineering & Geomechanics
shideh.dashti@colorado.edu
303-492-3118

Office:听ECOT 514

Education:

  • Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley (2009)
  • M.S. University of California at Berkeley (2005)
  • B.S. Cornell University (2004)

Honors and Distinctions:

  • 2021 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Price, ASCE
  • 2020 Associate Editor of the Year, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics
  • 2020 Provost Faculty Achievement Award, 精品SM在线影片
  • 2018 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, ASCE
  • 2015 Outstanding Reviewer Recognition, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering.
  • 2015 Departmental Young Researcher Award, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, 精品SM在线影片
  • 2015-16 Dean鈥檚 Faculty Fellowship, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 精品SM在线影片
  • 2015 National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award
  • 2014 Departmental Teaching Award, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, CU听Boulder
  • 2009 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley
  • 2004鈥�2005 UC Berkeley Graduate Fellowship in GeoEngineering
  • 2004 Magna cum Laude distinction, Cornell University
  • 2004 Distinguished Leadership Award, Cornell University

Professional Affiliations:

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE)
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
  • ATC Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) Provisions Update Committees (PUC) on liquefaction, foundation design, and seismic soil-structure interaction.
  • International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering听(ISSMGE TC104 committee member and one of two U.S. representative)
  • Co-leader and Steering Committee member of GeoEngineering Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER) since 2018, also participated in 8 reconnaissance efforts since 2011 (leader of 3)
  • Elected board member to the Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Committee (Awards Subcommittee),听ASCE Geo-Institute

Interests:

  • Centrifuge Modeling
  • Seismic soil-structure interaction and structure-soil-structure interaction
  • Seismic response of underground structures in dense urban environments
  • Consequences of liquefaction
  • Performance-based design of liquefaction remediation techniques
  • Interdisciplinary research involving sensing technologies and information technology in earthquake engineering

Latest Publications:

  1. Hwang, Y.W.,听Dashti, S.+听(2023). 鈥淪eismic Interactions Among Multiple Structures Founded on Liquefiable Soils in a City Block,鈥澨�ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics听(Accepted and in press).
  2. Hwang. Y.W.,听Dashti, S.听+,听Tiznado, J.C.听(2023). 鈥淪eismic Performance of Mat-Founded Building Clusters on Liquefiable Soils Treated with Ground Densification,鈥澨�Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering听(Accepted and in press).听
  3. Hwang, Y.W., Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A.B. (2022). 鈥淎 Probabilistic Predictive Model for Foundation Settlement on Liquefiable Soils Improved with Ground Densification,鈥� ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics (Accepted and in press).
  4. Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A.B., Porter, K. (2022). 鈥淧hysics-Informed Probabilistic Models for Peak Pore Pressure and Shear Strain in Layered, Liquefiable Deposits,鈥� Geotechnique (Accepted and in press).
  5. Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A.B., Porter, K., and Maurer, B.W. (2022). 鈥淧robabilistic Liquefaction Triggering and Manifestation Models Based on Cumulative Absolute Velocity,鈥� ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics, 148(3).
  6. Hwang, Y.W.,听Dashti, S.,听Kirkwood, P.听(2021). 鈥淚mpact of Ground Densification on the Response of Urban Liquefiable Sites and Structures,鈥澨�ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002710.
  7. Tiznado, J.C.,听Dashti, S., Ledezma, C. (2021). 鈥淎 Probabilistic Predictive Model for Liquefaction Triggering in听Layered Sites Improved with Dense Granular Columns,鈥澨�ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002609.
  8. Nagula, S.S.,听Hwang, Y.W.,听Dashti, S., Grabe, J. (2021). 鈥淣umerical investigation of liquefaction mitigation potential with vibroflotation,鈥澨�Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,听Volume 146.
  9. Bullock, Z.,听Liel, A.B., Porter, K.,听Dashti, S.听(2021). 鈥淪ite-Specific Liquefaction Fragility Analysis: Cloud, Stripe, and Incremental Approaches,鈥澨�J. of Earthquake Eng. and Structural Dynamics, Issue 9, DOI: .
  10. Hwang, Y.W.,听Ramirez, J.,听Dashti, S.,听Kirkwood, P., Liel, A.B., Camata, G., Petracca, M. (2021). 鈥淪eismic Interaction of Adjacent Structures on Liquefiable Soils: Insight from Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling,鈥澨�ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics, 147(8).
  11. Bullock, Z.,听听Dashti, S., Liel, A., Porter (2021). 鈥淐an Geotechnical Liquefaction Indices Serve as Predictors of Foundation Settlement?鈥澨�Earthquake Spectra, DOI: .
  12. Tsai, C., Lin, C.,听Dashti, S.,听Kirkwood, P.听(2021). 鈥淚nfluence of Container and Loading Characteristics on the Evaluation of Soil听Dynamic Properties in the Geotechnical Centrifuge,鈥澨�Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 142, DOI: .
  13. Aghababaei,听M.听Okamoto, C., Koliou,听M., Nagae, T., Pantelides,听C.P., Ryan,听K.L., Barbosa,听A.R., Pei,听S. van de Lindt,听J.W., and 顿补蝉丑迟颈,听厂. (2021). 鈥�,鈥� ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 147(3).
  14. Bullock, Z., Liel, A., Dashti, S., Porter, K. (2020). 鈥淎 Suite of Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Cumulative Absolute Velocity in Shallow Crustal Earthquakes Including Epistemic Uncertainty,鈥� Earthquake Spectra, .
  15. Tiznado, J.C., Dashti, S., Ledezma, C., Wham, B. (2020). 鈥淧erformance of Embankments on Liquefiable Soils Improved with Dense Granular Columns: Observations from Case Histories and Centrifuge Experiments,鈥� ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering, 146(9).